About EZ Fate
EZ Fate is a free site of divination tools. It brings twelve Chinese and Western systems together in one place, including Zi Wei Dou Shu, BaZi, the I Ching and astrology, and each system comes with its own set of guide pages. There is no sign-up, and every chart is calculated in your own browser.
Our aim is simple: anyone curious about these traditions should be able to see a correctly calculated chart, clearly explained, and know what each reading is based on.
Twelve tools
- Zi Wei Dou Shu/ziwei/
Places the main, auxiliary and minor stars across the twelve palaces from your birth date and hour, with the four transformations, patterns, decades and years, and a detailed note for every palace.
- BaZi · Four Pillars/bazi/
Builds the four pillars with Ten Gods, hidden stems, element balance, luck pillars and symbolic stars, plus seasonal adjustment (Qiong Tong Bao Jian) and structure (Zi Ping Zhen Quan).
- I Ching/i-ching/
Cast a hexagram with yarrow stalks, coins or Plum Blossom numbers. Every hexagram shows the judgement, image and line texts, with plain-language notes written for this site.
- Astrology/astrology/
Calculates planet positions, houses and aspects for your moment of birth, draws the natal chart and explains each part.
- Liu Yao/liuyao/
Coin-cast hexagrams with the Jing Fang eight-palace Na Jia method: six relations, six spirits, self and response lines, hidden spirits.
- Qi Men Dun Jia/qimen/
Hour charts on the rotating plate with the Chai Bu method: heaven and earth plates, nine stars, eight doors and eight spirits.
- Xiao Liu Ren/xiaoliuren/
Finger-counting divination from the lunar month, day and double hour, or from three numbers, landing on one of six palaces from Da An to Kong Wang.
- Tarot/tarot/
One-card, three-card and Celtic Cross spreads from the full 78-card deck, with upright and reversed meanings.
- Chinese Zodiac/zodiac/
Yearly outlook for the twelve signs, clashes with the Tai Sui, the year's symbolic stars and monthly notes.
- Compatibility/hehun/
Compares two people's zodiac signs, day stems, element balance and spouse palace, showing where they fit and where they may need to adjust.
- Numerology/numerology/
Works out your life path, talent and birthday numbers, grid lines and personal year from your birth date, with notes on each number.
- Flying Stars/flying-stars/
Annual and monthly flying stars, with the directions of the Five Yellow, Two Black, Tai Sui, Year Breaker and Three Killings.
Guides
Every system has a set of guide pages covering its basic ideas and terms, such as the fourteen main stars and twelve palaces of Zi Wei, the Ten Gods and symbolic stars of BaZi, and the texts of the 64 hexagrams.
- Zi Wei basics
- BaZi basics
- I Ching hexagrams
- Astrology basics
- Liu Yao basics
- Qi Men basics
- Xiao Liu Ren basics
- Tarot basics
- Zodiac basics
- Compatibility basics
- Numerology basics
- Flying Stars basics
Sources and methods
- Zi Wei Dou Shu: stars are placed by the traditional method; classical verses (such as the Tai Wei Rhapsody) are quoted in the original, with explanations written for this site.
- BaZi: months change at the solar terms; seasonal adjustment follows Qiong Tong Bao Jian, structures follow Zi Ping Zhen Quan, luck notes follow Di Tian Sui, and symbolic stars follow San Ming Tong Hui and other classics.
- I Ching: the judgement, image and line texts follow the received text of the Zhou Yi; the English translation and notes are the site's own.
- Astrology: positions come from published algorithms (Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, and NASA JPL approximate orbital elements), accurate to roughly an arcminute.
- Liu Yao and Qi Men: Liu Yao uses the three-coin method and Jing Fang eight-palace Na Jia; Qi Men uses hour charts on the rotating plate with the Chai Bu method, centre lodged in Kun 2.
Classics and schools often disagree. Where they do, the tool says which convention it uses and lists the conditions behind each judgement, so you can check it yourself. We quote only the classical originals, not modern commentaries or other authors' work.
How we see these traditions
These are cultural and symbolic systems that people have refined over centuries. They are good for reflecting on yourself and thinking a question through. They are not predictions, and they are no substitute for medical, legal, financial or psychological advice.
Some old texts are fatalistic, biased against women, or tie stars directly to illnesses. We leave such material out, or rewrite it as a neutral note.
About “Copy for AI”
Zi Wei, BaZi, astrology, Qi Men and Liu Yao charts can be copied as structured text with one click, so you can paste them into an AI you already use, such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. The site itself does not produce AI readings and never sends your birth details to any AI service; whether and where to paste is up to you.
Your data
Birth details used for charts are calculated in your browser and are not sent to our server. See the privacy policy and terms of use for details.
Updates
- Added Xiao Liu Ren (casting by time or by numbers), with guides to the six palaces, how to cast and common questions.
- Zi Wei: Tai Wei Rhapsody, Ten Metaphors and star conditions for more palaces; Zodiac: yearly symbolic stars; home page order updated.
- BaZi: seasonal adjustment, structures, Di Tian Sui luck notes and special structures; Zi Wei: more patterns and palace-stem transformations; Copy for AI added to the tools.
- Added Qi Men Dun Jia with the 81 stem combinations; I Ching vs Liu Yao guide; Tarot card of the day.
- Added Flying Stars, Numerology, Liu Yao, Compatibility, Tarot and Zodiac; 90+ Zi Wei guide pages and star-in-palace readings; BaZi symbolic stars and guides.
- Site-wide privacy policy and terms; birth details can carry over between tools.
- Launch: Astrology, Zi Wei Dou Shu, BaZi and I Ching.
Who runs the site, and contact
EZ Fate is run and maintained by ez-fate.com.
Found an error in a calculation or a text, or want to see something added? Write to [email protected] or use the contact page. When reporting a chart problem, please include the tool and the birth details you entered.